Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a small copy of the constitution as he gives a news conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, three days after his disputed reelection.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The world’s democracies have almost unanimously condemned the results of Venezuela’s presidential election and called for a transparent vote count to confirm what the opposition says was its landslide victory over President Nicolás Maduro.

Two of Maduro’s closest allies — the leftist presidents of Brazil and Colombia — have recently joined a chorus of nations, including the U.S., that have expressed deep concerns about Sunday’s presidential election, which Venezuelan electoral authorities said the president won by seven points.

Maduro, however, has so far only dug in: claiming victory, jailing opponents and threatening to arrest his rival, Edmundo González. The opposition says González trounced the self-proclaimed socialist leader at the ballot box by a more than 2-to-1 margin.

As the electoral standoff moves into unchartered territory, here are some of Maduro’s options:

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    3 months ago

    Options:

    keep playing Tropico: stay and be a military dictator complete with death squads (which every south american country abhors and many citizens there have dark flashbacks of)

    or exile.

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    3 months ago

    “He probably feels his base case for exit options land somewhere between a long stint at The Hague and being hanged by piano wire in Plaza Bolivar,”

    Well, when you put it like that…

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    3 months ago

    I’m assuming he could let an unbiased review/audit happen. Otherwise his options are lie, cheat, steal, or any combination.

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